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“The defendants forced their own family members to work for no pay after luring them to the United States on false promises of a better life,” said Acting Assistant Attorney General John Gore.

The takedown operation, coordinated by the European Union Internet Referral Unit (EU IRU) within the European Counter Terrorism Centre, hindered IS’s central capability to broadcast terrorist material for an undetermined period of time.

"Convictions in both cases send a powerful message to anyone trying to take advantage of our community or defraud the government," USCIS Los Angeles District Director Donna Campagnolo said.

DOJ vows to press forward as ruling gives 90-day window to rectify government's "flimsy and ultimately unpersuasive" reasoning.

"All individuals may be detained while their claims are adjudicated efficiently and expeditiously, and those found not to have a claim will be promptly removed from the United States," says Nielsen.

Sutherland adopted the straw purchaser’s identity to communicate by email about the property and signed that person’s signature on relevant documents.

This audit provides four recommendations for improving the Civil Division’s MEGANOC system, but these have not been publicly disclosed as the OIG is only releasing a summary of the report for security reasons.

Bar Association calls DOJ control “a fatal flaw to the reality – and perception – of independence."